At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 653 Li Mi's Predicament
Then Cheng Yaojin threw Li Shentong and Cui Gan to the ground, apparently on purpose, and almost knocked them out of breath, and said with a smile: "King Qi, how should the general's credit be calculated?"

"It's also a great achievement." Gao Bufan said.

Cheng Yaojin was overjoyed when he heard the words, and retreated contentedly.

The Qi army’s methods of recording merit are minor merit, minor merit, medium merit, first merit, major merit and special merit. Shan Xiongxin was the first to climb to the top of the city, so he recorded the first merit, and then seized the Yuan Baozang, the prefect of Weijun, to record the great merit together. Cheng Yaojin was the second to enter the city, but he captured Li Shentong and Cui Qian, so he also recorded great achievements. It is no wonder that the old Cheng is full of ambition, and the position of general has been secured.

At this time, Li Shentong glared at Gao Bufan and asked, "King Qi is going to fight Li Tang with me?"

Gao Bufan was surprised and said: "Why did you say that? This king and Li Tang do not interfere with each other, and have no intention of going to war with Li Tang."

Li Shentong was slightly stunned, and looked at his deputy Cui Gan, and then said angrily: "In this case, why did King Qi attack us so brazenly?"

Gao Bufan frowned and said, "Who are you, An dare to represent Li Tang?"

Li Shentong and Cui Gan couldn't help but secretly scolded Gao Bufan for being shameless, he was talking nonsense with his eyes open, pretending to be confused, right?
Li Shentong resisted the urge to curse and said: "I am Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an County, General Zuo Yiwei appointed by the Emperor Tang, and the comfort ambassador of Shandong Dao. Shi, we have already set up the banner of Tang State on the top of the city, didn't King Qi see it?"

Gao Bufan said with a look of surprise: "Is there? The king didn't see it, did you see it?"

Gao Bufan asked the soldiers on the left and right, they all shook their heads and replied solemnly: "I didn't see it."

Li Shentong and Cui Gan couldn't help but be dumbfounded. They have seen shameless ones, but they have never seen such shameless ones.

Gao Bufan's complexion sank, and he shouted: "You don't know where you came from. You are pretending to be Li Tang's Huai'an County King and Huangmen's servant, trying to stir up disputes between the two countries. You have a heart to kill. Come here, and let me put you down and fight first!" Thirty army sticks, and then be imprisoned until the king writes a letter to ask the Tang emperor to make a decision."

"Gao Changqing, you...you are too deceitful." Li Shentong's lips were trembling, but Gao Bufan's soldiers didn't care so much, they rushed forward, took Li Shentong and Cui Gan down, took off their pants and slapped them hard. Thirty army sticks were drawn, and the buttocks of the two were smashed, the skin was torn and the flesh was rotten, and they passed out directly.

Yuan Baozang, the prefect of Wei County, was dumbfounded. This Qi Wang Gao Changqing's way is too wild, and he doesn't play cards according to the routine. I'm afraid I will suffer a lot.However, Gao Bufan ignored him at all and rode straight past him, as if treating him like air.

Yuan Baozang couldn't help but blushed, ashamed and angry, and said sharply: "Don't the King of Qi know that a soldier can be killed but not humiliated?"

Gao Bufan stopped his horse and said calmly: "The king will fulfill you, come and execute the ingot treasure on the spot."

With a command, Gao Dahe stepped forward with a knife and kicked the Yuan Baozang to the ground. The latter's face turned pale, his crotch was soaked instantly, and a smell of urine radiated from it.

Gao Buhe couldn't help covering his nose and scolding with a smile: "Grandma, you actually wet your pants, it's really a show."

Gao Bufan shook his head in disappointment when he heard the words. This Yuanbaozang is quite good at defending the city, and he is loyal to the Lord and will not surrender to the death. That's why he was born with the heart of soliciting before, but found that the reason why Yuanbaozang did not surrender was because He secretly took refuge in Li Tang, and Li Shentong was in the city, so he couldn't let him talk about things at all, so Gao Bufan's heart to recruit Yuan Baozang became much weaker.

But just now Yuan Baozang yelled "Scholars can be killed but not humiliated", with a look of iron bones, so Gao Bufan became a little interested again, so he deliberately tested it, and found that this person is strong on the outside, but in fact he is a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. He even peed on the spot.

This kind of talent is naturally not what Gao Bufan wants, and he might turn around and join other people again, so Gao Bufan lost the slightest interest, waved his hand and said: "Hit him with thirty military sticks and throw them outside the city." .”

Ever since, Yuan Baozang was taken down, beaten with thirty military sticks, and then thrown outside the city, where no one cared about him anymore.

Let's say that after the Qi army took Anyang County, the entire Wei County was included in the territory of Qi State, and then continued to send troops south to attack Ji County.Ji County is the current area of ​​Hebi City, which belongs to Henan, but it belonged to one of the counties in Hebei during the Sui Dynasty. As long as the Qi army takes Ji County, the whole of Hebei will be under the rule of Qi State, and Ji County has another heavyweight The granary of Liyang warehouse.

I think Yang Xuangan started the mutiny in Liyang warehouse at the beginning. The huge amount of grain stored in Liyang warehouse provided him with convenience, and Li Mi also opened the warehouse to release grain after the capture of Liyang warehouse, and recruited a lot of manpower.Although more than half of the stored grain in the Liyang warehouse has been consumed, it should not be underestimated. If it can be captured, it will be enough to feed the Qi army's 100,000 people for a year or so. It does not need to be transported from China, which will undoubtedly save a lot of manpower and material resources.

Therefore, Gao Bufan is determined to win Li Yangcang!

In mid-October, Qi's army of 50,000 people marched southward in a mighty manner, entered Ji County with the power of a great victory, conquered Tangyin County, Neihuang County, Linhe County and Chanyuan County successively, and finally came to Liyangcang.

It was Bing Yuanzhen who was in charge of guarding Liyang Cangcheng. When he learned of the arrival of the Qi army, Bing Yuanzhen felt as if he was facing a big enemy.

It is said that this Bing Yuanzhen was originally an old man from Wagang, and he was one of the first to follow Zhai Rang to start a family. Later, he completely turned to Li Mi. Therefore, after Li Mi killed Zhai Rang's brothers, he did not move Bing Yuanzhen, but used him very much. , but Bing Yuanzhen is very greedy for money, and he is used to flattery. Shan Xiongxin, Pei Renji and others all look down on him.

Besides, Gao Bufan and Xu Shiji were stationed near Liyangcang and were not in a hurry to attack the city. On the second day, Qin Shubao and Luo Shixin led more than 20,000 troops across the Yellow River from Baima County in Dongjun County, and arrived at Liyangcang to join Gao Bufan in victory. up.

All of a sudden, the strength of the Qi army reached about 80,000 people, besieging Liyang Cangcheng tightly, and Bing Yuanzhen was so scared that he could not sleep or eat.

"The last general, Qin Shubao (Luo Shixin, Fan Hu), see His Royal Highness King Qi!"

In the main tent of the three armies, all the generals gathered together, like a cloud of counselors, Qin Shubao, Luo Shixin, and Fan Hu, the three generals, saluted Gao Bufan with their heads held high, even Xu Shiji couldn't help showing admiration.

During this period of time, Qin Shubao and Luo Shixin's team was shining brilliantly. They swept all the way in just over two months, defeated Xu Yuanlang and Meng Haigong successively, and won Lu County, Jibei County, and Dongping County for Qi State respectively. County, Jiyin County, Liang County, Qiao County, and Dong County, a total of seven counties, this illustrious record, has to be admired and envied.

Gao Bufan said happily: "General Qin, General Luo, and General Fan are exempt from the ceremony. The three generals are true believers, and they arrived at Liyang warehouse as scheduled to join the king."

Qin Qiong said respectfully: "It's all thanks to King Qi's prestige and great fortune that the last general will not be disgraced."

Gao Bufan smiled slightly: "General Qin is humble. From now on, Qin Qiong will be promoted to General Zuo Xiaowei, Luo Shixin will be General You Xiaowei, Fan Hu will be General Zuo Xiaowei, and all the generals under his command will be rewarded!"

Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, and Fan Hu were overjoyed, and quickly knelt down on one knee, saying loudly, "Thank you King Qi."

Cheng Yaojin was very envious, and he took refuge in King Qi earlier. As a result, Shubao and Shi Xin were named generals shortly after they arrived, but their contributions are indeed worthy of a general.

"Cheng Yaojin!" Gao Bufan suddenly called out.

Cheng Yaojin stepped out subconsciously, and said loudly: "The end is here!"

"From now on, I will appoint you as General Youweiwei." Gao Bufan said.

Cheng Yaojin was overjoyed, and immediately fell to his knees like pushing a golden mountain topple over a jade pillar: "Thank you King Qi."

Gao Bufan smiled and said, "Get up!"

Qin Qiong stood up and said to Cheng Yao, "Congratulations Yao Jin!"

Cheng Yaojin was stunned for a moment, then his eyes turned red, and he burst into tears. He held Qin Shubao with open arms and said, "Brother Qin, do you still consider me a brother?"

In fact, Cheng Yaojin wanted to say hello to Qin Shubao and Luo Shixin a long time ago, but he was always embarrassed. After all, he was a deserter back then, and he was ashamed of General Zhang.

Qin Qiong was also a little excited, sighed and said: "Shi Xin has told me, you can't blame you for what happened back then, the only one who is really sorry for General Zhang is me, Qin Shubao."

Cheng Yaojin shook his head and said: "It's none of Brother Qin's business, it's because Li Mi is too cunning, he used his old lady to blackmail Brother Qin."

Luo Shixin frowned and said, "Old Cheng, let him get over the past, don't mention it again, what's a man crying about?"

Cheng Yaojin chuckled, wiped his tears and snot and said, "Old Cheng lost his temper, and I hope King Qi will forgive me."

Gao Bufan waved his hand and said: "It's okay, General Cheng is also a man of temperament, but now it's time for discussion, you brothers can reunite with each other again."

Qin Shubao and the other two hurriedly apologized and retreated, and then Gao Bufan discussed with the generals how to attack Liyangcang.

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Let's talk about Li Mi, ever since he learned that Wang Shichong launched a mutiny to control Luoyang, he gave up confronting Gao Bufan and rushed back to Luoyang with his people, trying to take advantage of Wang Shichong's unstable foothold to capture Luoyang City.

As a result, after several months of onslaught, Luoyang City was still not captured. It has to be said that Wang Shichong did have two brushes in his army. As a result, Li Mi fell into a very passive state. He failed to capture Luoyang here, and the east However, the Qi army on the other side was rapidly attacking the city and plundering land, approaching Liyang Cang step by step, and Li Tang from the west also came out from Longxi.

For now, Shangluo County and Xiyang County to the west of Luoyang have all fallen into the hands of Li Tang, and most of the Hedong counties to the north of Luoyang have been annexed by Li Tang, leaving only one county in Hanoi still under the control of Li Mi. hand.

So now Li Mi is as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and it is inevitable that his heart will be agitated. Once this person panics, even if he is usually meticulous, he will be prone to mistakes, and Li Mi is naturally no exception.

If you make a mistake, disaster is imminent!

(End of this chapter)